Modern (20th C)
Our Air Force
Read by Ted Lienhart
William Lendrum Mitchell
William (Billy) Mitchell was a U.S. Army officer who, during World War I, came to command all U.S. Army air operations in France. He became …
America's Retreat from Victory
Read by Robert Morel
Joseph McCarthy and Joseph Mccarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy examines the life of General George Catlett Marshall, particularly his role in government beginning in 1945 as Unite…
Greece and the Allies
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George Frederick Abbott
The author delves into Greece's dealings leading up to, during, and after WWI. We witness, through unbiased eyes, Greece's government (the M…
In a Syrian Saddle
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Ada Goodrich-Freer
A travelogue that chronicles the author's journey through Syria on horseback, considered one of the author's most notable works. Each chapte…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
Read by Ted Lienhart
Hugh Gibson
The author was an American diplomat, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, at the beginning of World War I in 1914. This book …
The Burston Rebellion
Read by Steve C
Thomas George Higdon
The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…
The Flexner Report
Read by Leon Harvey
Abraham Flexner
The Flexner Report is a book-length review and investigation into medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flex…
Versailles
Read by Ted Lienhart
Karl Friedrich Nowak
World War 1 ended with the Paris Peace Conference (January 1919 to January 1920), which in turn resulted in the signing of five peace treati…
World's War Events
Read by Ted Lienhart
Francis J. Reynolds
World's War Events is a 3-volume history of World War I, assembled in 1919 from articles contributed by "statesmen, commanders, histori…
The American Newspaper
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Will Irwin
The American Newspaper is a critical study of journalism conducted by Will Irwin from 1909 to 1910 spanning fifteen articles that discuss th…
The Iron Hunter
Read by Ted Lienhart
Chase Salmon Osborn
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…
France, Spain and the Rif
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Walter Burton Harris
The Guerra del Rif—the Rif War. 1921 to 1926. It was the slogging bloody 5-year long climax of Spain’s effort to secure dominion over a terr…
Shall It Be Again?
Read by Ted Lienhart
John Kenneth Turner
While we now view America’s entry into World War I as a necessary step to save Europe from German domination, it was actually one of the mos…
The Life of Calvin Coolidge
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Horace Green
An easy to read biography of the 30th president of the United States.
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
Read by Barry Eads
Robert Abram Bartlett
In August 1913, the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, became trapped in the ice while saili…
American inquisitors
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Walter Lippmann
A discussion on modern democratic government and the conflict between majority rule and intellectual freedom, written in the aftermaths of t…
The Needs of Europe
Read by Ted Lienhart
Fight The Famine Council
In October 1920, the International Economic Conference in London gathered invitees to review post-war Europe's ravaged economies. Speakers i…
The Story of Minot's Light
Read by Mark Harrington
Edward Rowe Snow
Minot's Ledge lies off the coast of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts. This ledge and neighboring rock outcrops were the scene of over 40…
America's
Read by Ted Lienhart
Henry J. Reilly
"What part did we take in the Great War? Did we only lend money to our Allies, or did we really fight?" Henry …